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[Dan Staley]

Hello, this is the site

http://www.thornburyselfstorage.co.uk/

its the first site Ive ever made so dont be to harsh, but at the same time tell me all the bad points, just chuck in some good ones 2

im having difficulty with the size of it all. i dont really no what to do about it. at 550x400 its too small on a big screen but any bigger its to big for a small screen. so what i did was make it resize in relation to the broswer size but it only works on IE 5.5 and up and Netscape. on a small screen its actually smaller than it is when its 550x400. i tried just linking to the swf but see for your self i dont no if its very good cos its resizes with the window www.thornburyselfstorage.co.uk/deisgn.swf

has anyone got any sujections or even ways that they have done this sorta thing? and also comments about how i can improve other parts of it. i think its a bit bouncy and cartoony for a storage firm (this is my families firm) what do u guys think? how can i make it better?

well  i went on a bit but please give me some advice  

[bpat1434]

As far as the flash is concerned, you might want to have the "home" state come up after the user enters the site.  It didn't happen for me.

As far as the resizing is concerned, use javascript to redirect based upon screen resolution.

You can check out a real working idea here: UMBC Mama's Boys

The above page will redirect based upon your screen resolution and play a movie big enough to fill your entire screen.  Eventually I will allow for manual redirection in case they do not want to view it in fullscreen.

I found the script for redirection by googling, and just adapted.

I read somewhere online that about 50% of surfers are using an 800x600 screen resolution, and everyone else is higher.  So 800x600 would be a good minimum to work to.  And 1600 x 1200 a god max; although, as new screens & adaptors come out, the resolution keeps getting greater and greater.  I know you have to watch for the laptops with "stretched" screens that operate in a resolution of 1900x1200 natively.

Hope i was semi-helpful.

~Brett

[sammah]

Personally I found the background animation is very distracting from reading. On About us, don't make the circle graphic a button when it's not a button at all and does not doing anything else. This circle graphic is above the sub navigation. Icon from General and Quick and easy should be consistent. Overall it's pretty good.